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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

backwaterish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
back-wa-ter-ish
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a backwater; remote.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From backwater + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more backwaterish (comparative) most backwaterish (superlative)

Questions

What does backwaterish mean?
Like a backwater; remote.
Where does backwaterish come from?
From backwater + -ish.

How to pronounce backwaterish

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